AndyTravis

After reading about them for years…and loving how they look, and hearing Wotjiek P smash one to bits at a clinic - I fancied one! I played a patriot - may have just been that particular one, but the neck was a really odd profile and it felt really “dead” in my hand. shame.

I’m always reminded that when I get excited by fretless, that in my rack is a fretless that I had made for me…and it comes out of the rack every time I notice a build up of dust… shame, at one point I became a borderline competent fretless bassist…

I had a corvette for years, sold in a fit of “I need a vintage fender” - foolish. not that it helps you much, but as a younger, more ambitious player - I daydreamed of adding a 6 string version to my collection 😉

If it’s the same 1100s fretless I saw on Facebook before, I must admit a little trump came out - overexcitable boy that I am. Then I realised I still haven’t arranged collection of the white Bb350f from Surrey…that I didn’t need to buy at all…which I will be selling the second it arrives…because I’m an idiot. ahem. As you were.

This one. What a beauty

Honestly, you make things I daydream about - but you make them better. Good Lord. The skill of you. Magic. I think the EB-0 bird that you made is still way up there for me x

Sold Sid some knob. he loved it, tight fit notwithstanding. Enjoy.

My mate Martin was in a band with Nicko before the Maiden days… They sacked him “because he wasn’t any good”. We ribbed him magnificently when Iron Maiden’s tour manager called me about a white Gibson ES-355 we had in stock and they sent a runner to purchase it (at £3500 or whatever it was) as one of the band fancied it. What a claim to fame though, “i sacked Nicko, he joined Maiden soon after”.

For envelopes I do - nice and clear for the posties to read.

Grim. Absolutely grim. sort of ashamed of you 😂

I want to know if the black 424 got picked up on the way home from a car service 😂 In other news, the bling is piling onto the Bb350f conversion

Joe bought some Machineheads from me - an absolute pleasure to deal with. Deal with confidence guys and gals - he’s a top man!

Bought some Gotoh bits off BagsieBlue, absolutely wonderful as ever. Thanks mate x

shocking. Send them Here for scrappage… I’ll send you a brand new Ibanez premium SR in return - you know it makes sense…

Slow slow progress this. It is still going

I have problems…

I found the truss Rod on the 424/425 to be a bit hyper responsive to adjustment, unlike the 414… I’d adjust the rod 1/8th a turn and wait 24hrs to see what that does - might just remove that relief a tad…

That’s definitely going to be done. I have one experiment to conduct first…having ogled a few atelier z basses recently

All is right in the world…

“Many have passed in the great BB wars…”

Yeah, absolutely- just not totally sold on the headstock but I could live with it for sure!